25 of the most unusual, but real products

Growing up, my mother was obsessed with home shopping channels like QVC and HSN.

I would often joke that every day felt like Christmas, because when I would get home from school, there would be a package waiting at the doorstep.

The products my mom ordered would range in practicality. Some were useful products with a reasonable price tag, while others should have stayed in QVC's inventory room.

I would often see infomercials on television of "groundbreaking" inventions to make our lives easier and think 'I hope my mom doesn't order this.'

There have been some actually useful and wildly entertaining products over the years, and more seem to surface every day.

The 'Ostrich Pillow' has gained popularity recently. While it was never an infomercial product, the cushion contraption, invented by U.K. architecture and design firm Kawamura-Ganjavian, was recently parodied by KTVI Fox 2 in St. Louis.

This made me think of some of the best (and worst) products I know. So here are 25 of the most unusual products around.

Yes, all of them are real products. Some have thankfully been discontinued, while others are still sold online and in stores today.